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The fantasy role-playing game, launched in 1974, is having a renaissance, with growing numbers of people getting out their graph paper and pencils to play it in bars and coffee shops, and document contests on…

One of the few truly great trends in 2017 was the return of tabletop role-playing. Dungeons & Dragons got a boost from Stranger Things, but TSR’s fantasy franchise isn’t the only game in town. Back in the glory…

From Final Fantasy to Skyrim, Black women the world over have been enjoying role-playing games (or RPGs) for years. But there is a particular type of role-playing game that has seen slightly less participation from…

Dungeons & Dragons was a hit phenomenon in the late 1970s that spawned several imitators, offshoots, and similar designs. Most of these games focused in the same genre of fantasy as the original, but it…

When it comes to roleplaying games, there are two titans that dominate: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. They have a lot of similarities, but both games bring something very different…

While technology continues its rapid march forward, some things remain the same. Take tabletop RPGs, for instance, which have seen a huge renaissance in recent years. What we think of as pen-and-paper games reach back…

The role-playing game that once defined geek suddenly is oh-so-chic, as everyone from Dwayne Johnson to Drew Barrymore roll multisided dice while pretending to be dwarves and wizards. Says ‘Silicon Valley’s’ Martin Starr: “There’s a…